Who needs GDC when you have the MMOs.com Podcast? The louder we talk, the right[er] we are. Where: https://www.twitch.tv/mmosdotcom When: That depends on where you live: 7PM EST 4PM PST On tonight's episode we're talking Albion Online's latest update—and maybe one of the last before full release, how Dean Hall moon-walked away again, TERA's console gamble, and more! If you [...]
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Korean eSports website Sports Seoul is reporting that Blizzard is gearing up to release a graphically overhauled Starcraft 1, called StarCraft: Remastered around May or June of this year. The re-release would include the original RTS along with Brood War (the right choice). Blizzard may make an official announcement in Korea next week. The game wouldn't change beyond making higher-resolutions [...]
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As Kingdom Under Fire 2 is "the most expensive Korean MMO ever created" and part of a franchise that began 16 years ago with the release of Kingdom Under Fire: A War of Heroes, it's unsurprising that Blueside would want to do as much as they can with the franchise in the time leading up to the game's release. According [...]
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Still no word on a Western release date, but Square Enix's free-to-play third-person mech shooter Figureheads launched on PS4 last Thursday. The game has been out in Japan since July 8, 2015, but has flown fairly far under the radar here in the West. According to Gematsu, in addition to the game's 5v5 PvP mode, the PS4 version is also [...]
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At long last, Blizzard announced today that Overwatch's latest hero, the robotic Orisa, will be going live on March 21st. The announcement was made in the description for the New Hero Preview video embedded below. Orisa's abilities are as follows. Her main weapon is the "Fusion Driver," which is "an automatic gun with good range and accuracy even at a [...]
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After three months in Open Beta, Trove has officially gone live on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. The console versions of the game have been at the top of the charts since the release of Open Beta in December and I imagine that they will only continue to grow from here. The console versions are going live with a redesigned [...]
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Moonlight Blade is drawing ever nearer to its first international release, as the Korean version, which is also known as "the one with the adolescent females," will be holding its first Closed Beta test on March 29th. Seven of the game's classes will be available during this test. Those that are interested in taking part in the Korean Closed Beta [...]
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Remember Gaia Online? The popular social forum/community from the early 2000s is still kicking and actively being developed. A major update was announced late last month on the forums stated that beta tests for zOMG were underway. For those who don't remember, zOMG was Gaia's browser based MMORPG add on. It was first released back in November 2008 and had [...]
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Frostkeep Studios is a new game development studio founded by three former World of Warcraft developers: Solomon Lee, Mat Milizia, and Jeremy Wood. Others working at the new company include Neal Acree, Overwatch's composer, and several former League of Legends developers. The company announced today that it is working on a new, faction-based survival game called "Rend." Before you close [...]
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While a Gold medal in the Olympics is a matter of national pride, a gold medal in Overwatch isn't much more than a participation award. The currently breakdown of competitive tiers are a mockery of the term 'competitive'. We truly live in an upside down world when someone in the bottom 19th percentile places in "Gold". Competitive Season Skill Rating [...]
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